Retransmissions of frames in WLANs (Wireless Local Area Networks) can become problematic for several reasons, primarily due to the nature of the wireless medium. While retransmissions are a necessary part of ensuring data integrity in unreliable networks, they can cause inefficiencies and degrade network performance. I will get to the details below, but let’s start […]
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Service provider technicians need routine Wi-Fi skills training and they need to know how to troubleshoot Wi-Fi networks for several important reasons: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks is essential for service provider technicians to ensure reliable service, maintain customer satisfaction, and keep up with the fast-paced advancements in networking technology. Because the Wi-Fi network environment is ever
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This question comes up all the time, and the answers can be quite varied. Seems simple enough at first glance, right? But the problem is that things are not simple, especially in today’s networking. Here are some issues: Now there are a myriad of reasons any of these issues could exist. This article is not
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Scenario Let’s say you have a DHCP server running on a Cisco Switch that is behaving strangely and you want to examine the traffic over a couple of hours while not creating a gigantic unmanageable capture file. A note here: I am doing this on a Cisco switch, but most all vendor switches support this
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In this article, I wanted to provide a guide to using ping – ICMP Echo – to troubleshoot your network. Most people use ping on their platform to test if they can reach a given destination. Just open up a terminal (Linux or MAC OSx) or command line (Windows: Start> Run> cmd) and enter the
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This blog article is a culmination of my years of experience in the networking and computing worlds. Over those years, where I began as a bench and field technician, I have had a number of classes that my employers sent me to to teach troubleshooting skills. Usually termed with the words “logical troubleshooting” or something
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For those of you who love Wireshark and are supporting Wi-Fi Wireless networks, we would like to offer a great default profile for WiFi. Let’s make no bones about this capturing and analyzing Wi-Fi traffic is not as easy (you have to be in Monitor Mode) as just selecting this profile and clicking capture.
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CellStream, Inc. – Telecom Consulting and Training! 2-Day Instructor Led Hands On Lab Class Available in either Web Based delivery or On-Site Delivery Minimum 10 students – Maximum 16 students Course Description: CellStream has developed a number of variants of this skills-based course using MPLS network emulations and Wireshark.
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